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ARL Update – 16 February 2018

Our regular meeting with CBSA’s ARL team was held earlier this week. Here are the key points of information from that session. Status of Financial Institutions. Please click here. We continue to raise with CBSA our serious concerns with the limited electronic payment alternatives available for…

Canada Gazette - Notices and Proposed Regulations

The following was published in Part I of the Canada Gazette on February 10 and 17, 2018. Canadian International Trade Tribunal Appeal: Notice No. HA-2017-021 Order: Stainless steel sinks Environment, Dept. of the, and Dept. of Health Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 Publication after…

Canada seeks Mercosur free trade deal amid NAFTA uncertainty

The Canadian government plans to open free trade talks with the four-nation Mercosur trading bloc in South America, an official said on Friday, at a time when the future of NAFTA is facing increasing uncertainty.... Trade Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne is set to arrive in Paraguay on March 9…
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Two important events for CSCB members in 2018!!

This year’s CSCB Annual National Conference will have a different focus and a unique venue. Save the dates of Sept. 29 to Oct. 2 for CSCB 2018 in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico!! With our “Accessing Ottawa” forum (Feb. 28, 2018 in Ottawa) focused on providing members and your clients with direct access to…

CFIA Scheduled System Maintenance, 17 February

As part of ongoing efforts to improve client service please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) will be performing network maintenance on Saturday, February 17th, 2018 from 3:00am until 7:00am (ET). Consequently, the following services may not be available: Automated Import…

Changes to AIRS for cheese products

Effective April 3, 2018, the Automated Import Reference System (AIRS) database will be updated to distinguish between cheese manufactured from pasteurized and unpasteurized milk. The description of the following OGD extensions will be changed to identify pasteurized milk products: 04.06.10.3566 -…

CBSA Message (TCC18-018) – EDI Scheduled Maintenance Outage,18 February

Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI. For maintenance purposes, all EDI applications will be unavailable on Sunday, February 18, 2018 from 04:30 to 06:00 (ET) AND from 07:00 to 08:30 (ET). This includes: all incoming data or outbound messages such as…

CFIA-AIRS Updates February 15th, 2018

Chapter 20 was published to add an OGD extension. 20.05.99.3002- Vegetable preparations containing less than 20 % fish. Please verify your version numbers before submitting through EDI. If you have any questions, please contact your National Import Service Centre.

CBSA Message (TCC18-015) - Second Quarter Interest Rate 2018

Clients Affected: All importers and brokers who submit their B3s and AO notification of release queries using the CCS/CADEX system. The annual interest rate for the second quarter of 2018 (April 1 st, 2018 – June 30 th, 2018) will be 1.1830.

Certain Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin, Notice of Final Decisions

On February 14, 2018, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), pursuant to paragraph 41(1)(a) of the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA), terminated the subsidy investigation in respect of certain polyethylene terephthalate resin (PET resin) exported to Canada from the Sultanate of Oman (Oman) by…

Trump hamstrings U.S. NAFTA team, says Canada's chief negotiator

The ongoing effort to rescue and revamp NAFTA has made only limited progress because U.S. officials at the table find themselves hamstrung by the demands of the Trump White House and the talks are taking place too quickly, Canada's chief negotiator says. Tuesday's hard-hitting and sobering update…

Canada to face U.S. trade problems even if NAFTA is signed: Ottawa

Trade challenges from U.S. firms will continue to cause turbulence for Canada even if talks to modernize NAFTA are successful, a senior Canadian government official said on Tuesday. Canada sends 75 percent of its goods exports to the United States and is vulnerable to what Ottawa complains is…

Latest U.S. trade complaint says Canada dumping welded pipe

Canada among 6 countries named in new U.S. trade investigation into whether prices are too low or subsidized The United States government has a new trade beef with Canada: claims that some pipe products are being dumped on the U.S. market at artificially low prices. Canada is one of six countries…

'Canada does not treat us right': Trump threatens new tax

U.S. President Donald Trump is complaining about Canadian trade practices while threatening some as-yet-undefined international tax that has revived fears he might be contemplating new American import penalties. He made the remarks at the White House on Monday while unveiling a long-awaited…